Category: Local Music

What’s “cowgirl mermaid” music? Ask Fort Worth artist Lorena Leigh

A woman smiles while holing a ukulele inside of a gazebo

Fort Worth native Lorena Leigh‘s upbeat indie pop music is a joy to discover, with thoughtful lyrics about empathy, nostalgia and self-love in her original live set. She performed on Sunday at the Dallas Arboretum in the Pecan Grove. Despite a technical difficulty that left her without a sound system, Leigh belted her songs to the… Read more »

The amazing “Life” of Dallas singer-songwriter Parker Twomey

Wearing a black cowboy hat and a denim shirt, Parker Twomey looks off to the right

Some children might draw with chalk, others might lay in the grass and gaze at clouds, still others might ride bikes until dusk draws near. Parker Twomey’s coming of age was decidedly different. At 10, when most of his contemporaries might be joining Little League baseball teams or taking up ballet lessons, Twomey was gigging… Read more »